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Johan Ferrier

1910–2010 · 20th century

Johan Ferrier was a Surinamese teacher and politician who served as prime minister from 1955 to 1958, as governor of the autonomous country of Suriname from 1968 and as the first president of the independent republic from 1975. He was removed from office in 1980, months after the military coup of that year, and spent most of his later life in the Netherlands, where he died aged 99.

Johan Ferrier
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Johan Ferrier. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/johan-ferrier
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